E3 06: Microsoft Press Conference

Posted by Big Boss

If you have the 360, you should be on Xbox Live right now downloading the new demos and trailers.

Shocking announcements? Nevermind Fable 2 or Halo 3... how about GTAIV release only on the 360?

Yup.

Posted by Big Boss

****IT, I JUST SAID THE NEXT GAME ON THE MOST POPULAR SERIES ON THE PLANET, GRAND THEFT AUTO, WILL BE THE 360 EXCLUSIVE! NOT ON A SONY CONSOLE!

Geez... some reaction. Fake it, at least.

Posted by Lord of Spam

OH MY ***
[spoiler]Actually, thats pretty suprising.[/spoiler]
Happy?

Posted by Vampiro V. Empire

Wasn't there all ready a GTAIV? Or am I thinking of something else?

Anywho, haven't seen the conference, but I've been reading about it. All the demos and trailer on Xbox Live sound awesome, and I'm checking them out now.

Disappointed to hear no Ninja Gaiden 2 announcement, but Gears of War and Halo 3 make up for that I guess.

Posted by Klarth

Didn't have time to watch it. How was Halo 3?

Also: Any details on GTA4?

Posted by Vampiro V. Empire

Quoted post: Didn't have time to watch it. How was Halo 3?


Can't see ****. Haven't found a site that has it yet, and Xbox Live is slow as hell. I can't seem to finish any downloads of the popular games.
Posted by Axis

Watched the Halo 3 trailer....impressive as hell. I'll let you guys watch the rest. But it's running in real-time.

Posted by Klarth

Quoting Axis: Watched the Halo 3 trailer....impressive as hell. I'll let you guys watch the rest. But it's running in real-time.

Like the PS3 demos from E3 '05, or is it actually being rendered on-the-fly?
Posted by Random

Halo 3...

Fable 2...

GTA IV...

Smackdown vs Raw 2007...

Gears of War...

I'm lovin it..

Anyone read Microsofts reactions to Sonys E3 conference?

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/705/705948p1.html

Oh and GTA IV isn't an exclusive but it has Exclusive content that Sony won't have.

Posted by Burrito

It's not exclusive for the 360. It's coming out for PS3, too: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/706/706234p1.html

Posted by Random

Right but the Xbox 360 version will have exclusive Xbox Live content that Sony won't have :-P

Posted by Axis

Quoting Klarth: Like the PS3 demos from E3 '05, or is it actually being rendered on-the-fly?

It certainly wasn't like a Killzone, the Gears of War trailer is more like that. The Halo 3 trailer doesn't show a whole lot but when the huge ship comes flying and banshee's by the number start flying it's really a neat thing to see. Bungie said that they didn't put much effort into the trailer and could've included a lot more, but their working on the game right now.

Go here, Klarth: [url]www.xboxyde.com[/url] and download the trailers from there.
Posted by Burrito

Quoting SomebodyRandom: Right but the Xbox 360 version will have exclusive Xbox Live content that Sony won't have :-P

I'm sure it will. I was just pointing it out to Big Boss. He was saying that it was going to be exclusive.
Posted by Vampiro V. Empire

Quoted post: It certainly wasn't like a Killzone, the Gears of War trailer is more like that. The Halo 3 trailer doesn't show a whole lot but when the huge ship comes flying and banshee's by the number start flying it's really a neat thing to see. Bungie said that they didn't put much effort into the trailer and could've included a lot more, but their working on the game right now.


Yeah, you gotta figure if GoW can pull of such amazing graphics, you're sure as **** that Halo 3 will be just as impressive.
Posted by Random

Quoting Burrito: I'm sure it will. I was just pointing it out to Big Boss. He was saying that it was going to be exclusive.


Well the reason why he probably thought that was because Rockstar Games announced it for the Xbox 360 and not for the PS3 at first. They announced it for the systems at seperate times and the 360 version was announced earlier in the day.
Posted by Fate

Too bad the only Halo stuff was FMVed. Oh, well. Fable looked neat. Saw the X-Men stuff, too.

Posted by Vampiro V. Empire

Quoted post: Too bad the only Halo stuff was FMVed.


Wouldn't doubt it's **** close.
Posted by Axis

http://www.gamespot.com/e3/e3story.html?sid=6149725&pid=926632

Says that Halo 3 was running of the 360 in real-time.

Posted by Klarth

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Posted by Random

Halo 3 looks sweet. Me and my Lan/Online friends are pretty psyched for it. I really hope Bungie remakes Halo 1 for Xbox Live on the Xbox 360. That'd be pretty neat too.

Posted by Alastor

...just play it on Xbox Connect or buy it for the PC.

I'm very excited with Halo 3. Whether the trailer was real-time or not, I can't wait. I'm not so crushed about it being a 2007 release, since that gives me time to buy a 360 and probably an HDTV. Plus there's still the rest of The Flood that I haven't read, and I haven't read First Strike at all. Then there's the graphic novel coming out soon, and I remember Bungie mentioning Eric Nylund (Author of The Fall of Reach and First Strike) being on for another book or two. So there's plenty of Halo-related stuff to keep me busy until 2007.

Posted by Vampiro V. Empire

Quoted post: Whether the trailer was real-time or not, I can't wait


Apparently it goes from the cut-scene to a demo of the gameplay without any change in graphical quality whatsoever. So it's in-game. Which is good since MC looks really great and shiney.
Posted by Random

Quoting Vampiro: Apparently it goes from the cut-scene to a demo of the gameplay without any change in graphical quality whatsoever. So it's in-game. Which is good since MC looks really great and shiney.


*Orgasim* Thats so sweet....